MOUNT
PLEASANT, MICH. (GreenBayPhoenix.com)
- Despite a 26-18 halftime lead and holding the Chippewas to 0-for-11 shooting
from long range in the first half, the Green Bay women's basketball team (5-2)
couldn't hold off a second half Central Michigan (3-4) charge, falling on the
road 54-50. The Chippewas shot 52 percent and 60 percent from long range in the
second half after shooting just 29.6 percent from the floor and 0-for-11 from
long range in the opening frame.

"We had plenty of opportunities to win this game and
did a great job not turning the ball over, but we just couldn't find a way to
finish," said head coach Kevin Borseth.

Senior Adrian
Ritchie(De Pere, Wis.) paced all scorers in the first half with 10 points.
The recent 1,000-point club newcomer drilled two shots from long range early on
to help Green Bay lead by as many as 13 in the first half. Ritchie finished with
20 points, nine rebounds and three assists-all team highs-before fouling out in
the closing seconds of the game.

After
abysmal shooting from long range in the first half, Central Michigan opened the
second half on an 18-4 run to take a 36-30 lead. Green Bay struggled to make
shots fall, hitting just one of 12 attempts from long range and was just
5-for-11 from the free throw line in the second half.

With three
lead changes in the final three minutes, the Phoenix was forced to send the
Chippewas to the line late in the game, giving the home team a four-point
advantage it wouldn't concede in the final seconds of the contest.

"We had some
chances to finish late in the game, but we didn't make anything happen when we
went to the basket, and we need to do a better job of converting from the free throw
line," Borseth said.

Sophomore Megan Lukan(Barrie, Ontario, Canada)
finished with seven points and a game-high four steals while playing all 40
minutes. Lukan also committed just one turnover while facing a stiff full-court
defense for nearly the entire game.

Green Bay
will travel to Milwaukee on Saturday to take on Marquette. Tipoff is set for
2:05 p.m., with the game being televised on Time Warner Cable's Sports32.

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